
William S. Knowles
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2001
“for their work on chirally catalysed hydrogenation reactions”
William S. Knowles was an American chemist. He shared the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on chirally catalysed hydrogenation reactions. His research helped advance the field of asymmetric catalysis.
- Field
- Chemistry · Catalysis
- Lifespan
- 1917–2012